Tombstone epitaph., 1887-08-06
Pick, farlrinr.

It iS not advisable, as q general thing,
 fur farmers beyond the reach of pickle factories to grow cucumOerS. The sna fer the cucumberS, the higher the nricc by the thousand. For small oneS the picking should be made every day or d, least every otkcr day, and they should he delivered at the factory ever,
 few days, CT before they become d..
 coiolcI. Those who have plahtcd cu,
 eumaers in localities where they cuG
 not readily dispose of then, must cithei
 salt the product themselves. or lose the
 crop. In the factories the cucumberi
 are Salted in large vais. but on ths
 sma. scale, this mast be done in bar reis. Whisky or alcohol barrels are
 Ihe best, and where it requires the pick.
 !ngs of several days to till q barrel,
 wooden follower must he provided.
 Take out one head of the barrel, place in thc cucumberS. sprinkling salt among them. place on the follower, with a heavy stone upon it, and add sufficient water to cover the cucumbers. Add
 each days pickings with more salt, and
 Iso more water, if needed. until the barrel is iull, when it is to be headed up. Half q bushel of the best dairy
 salt is needed 10 each barrel. and ii this quantity has not been used as the
 3ucluubers were laid in, add the re- mainder before heading up. Two points must be observed: in gathering the cucumbers, cut them so as to leave the stem attached. and use only salt oi known purity. It putting down the cu- cum bcrs. count them, as they are sold by the thousand. Salted in this man ner. and properly headed up, with tight bungs, cucumbers will keep 6 long time, but they will be ready fUr tho pickle maker, that is, will be saltsd ,brough, in about thirty days. The smaller the cucumbers, the greater the number that barrel will hold Do not mix large and small in the same barrel, but have the size uniform all through. Picklcd in this manner, GU. cumbers will keep and can be trans ported; and if no sale is to be fopad near nome. they can be sent to factories st long distance. --.Anss"iean .de"t.
 A Young Girls Bed-Room.
 A young girls bedroom may be tur
 aished daintily and in exquisite taste 9; a small expense. The chief outlay will be for bedstead. This cannot be con, structed out of pine board and bits of muslin, though many other things may be; but a handsome painted bedstead oi blue and white is the first requirement for this room The floor may be cover. ed with plain white mating, or of blue and white plaid, with soft rug at the side of the bed; a drCssipg~case of white wood, covered with white silesin and muslin, can be made next, and white wood washstand is also needed. This, like the dressing table, should have the under part entirely concealedby breadths of the silesia and muslin. They should be gathered slightly at the top, so that they will fall in graceful folds. The curtains should be of the muslin, drap. ed,and the bed-Spread and pillow covers of tbe muslin over silesia also. The bed-spread should of course lie smooth ly over the bed, and be tucked in at tho end and sides, unlike the lace ones, which hang over The muslin ot tho | pillow covers may be shirred at the top | ana bottom, if you like the full look tho | shirring gives; they need, in this case | no edges. aDd in fact when put over the | slesia plainly, to not trim them with | lace, unless you add this adornment to .he curtains, but finish with plain hem. | WiIh the various triilne ornaments d , young girl gathers about her, the room | will receive anything it may need in ! color to brighten it. A room so prettilv may be | real help to a girl, it will not be easy for her to cultivate disorderly habits there, for the effect shc has worked 10 create would be en- tircly marred. It may help her to calm thoughts, but of thig we cannot be csr la,,,